This news release is available in German. Lasers are used in manufacturing to cut materials or weld components together. Laser light is focused to a point using various lenses and mirrors; the smaller ...

Boston Micromachines Corporation, a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror products for adaptive optics systems, today announced that it has been selected by NASA for a Phase 2 contract.

Boston Micromachines Corporation, a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products for adaptive optics systems, announced today that its Kilo-DM is being used in the Subaru ...

The Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph during assembly of the static optics at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: Dr. Eduardo Bendek The Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph during assembly of the ...

Consisting of a reflective membrane supported by an underlying actuator array, the Mini-DM deformable mirror�with a starting price of just $7,500�is presented as significantly less expensive than ...

Adaptive Optics (AO) has revolutionized the ability to capture and shape light, driving discoveries in astronomy, defense, and communications. At Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC), we design and ...

Fig. 1 | (a) The sketch of the PDSM-241. (b) Actuator layout (clear aperture: 270mm). (c) The self-corrected aberration of PDSM-241. A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, ...

A new technology discussed at the American Geophysical Union's annual conference could help us spy on smaller planets like the Earth-sized Proxima Centauri b. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of adaptive optics is advancing in interest as technology makes it possible to use deformable mirrors for a number of applications in optoelectronics. Deformable mirrors ...